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Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith has urged Jamaicans in the diaspora to adopt clinics in Jamaica as part of efforts to improve the island’s healthcare delivery system. “Forty-five clinics have already been adopted (by the diaspora) but...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson Smith, has indicated that Jamaica has met with Canada on its expanded electronic travel authorisation (eTA) programme, which eased visa requirements for several countries. Canada...

Fewer Jamaicans are travelling through Mexico in a bid to illegally enter the United States. “I understand that the numbers are down. The United States has changed its policy… they have a thing that if you cross the border illegally...

Jamaica’s top diplomats in Canada have thanked the Jamaican diaspora for its overwhelming support over their three-year tour of duty now at an end. A community farewell reception was hosted for Sharon Miller, High Commissioner for Jamaica to Canada...

FOUR new heads of overseas missions — two career diplomats and two politically-appointed — have been named by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Kamina Johnson Smith. "I am ple...

Former government senator Natalie Campbell-Rodriques has been announced as Jamaica's new High Commissioner to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. This was disclosed as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson...

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has indicated that his government may send troops to Haiti amid ongoing turmoil in the French-speaking nation’s capital, Port-au-Prince. Browne, who was responding to a Gleaner query on Thursday...

On 17 July 2023, media reports revealed an alleged row between the governments of Jamaica and the United States concerning a request by the US to extend diplomatic immunity to the spouse of an American diplomat where the couple is in a same-sex marriage.

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Audrey Marks is rubbishing reports of a spat between the governments of Jamaica and the US, insisting that relations between the two countries remain strong....

Amid reports that Prime Minister Andrew Holness was recently forced to enter the United States (US) without the usual benefits afforded heads of government and other diplomats, The Gleaner has been informed that while there was an unusual...